Review: Sony Walkman S730 series

A top media player from Sony but not necessarily its best value.

Attractive, well-built design ; Simple but powerful interface in most areas ; Outstanding battery life for music and video ; Relatively good earbuds ; Platform-independent; many apps, OSes work in some form ; Podcast and SensMe are valuable new...

Still no fast scroll; same old Walkman interface ; Noise canceling produces audible hiss and not always effective ; Too expensive for the features versus the S630.- SensMe takes awhile to sync and is sometimes inaccurate

After years of insisting on little-used proprietary formats and software, Sony has recently been mending its ways: the company's latest Walkman players have virtually become champions of cross-platform standards (including the Mac), beautiful design

Review: Sony Walkman S730 series

A top media player from Sony but not necessarily its best value.

Attractive, well-built design ; Simple but powerful interface in most areas ; Outstanding battery life for music and video ; Relatively good earbuds ; Platform-independent; many apps, OSes work in some form ; Podcast and SensMe are valuable new...

Still no fast scroll; same old Walkman interface ; Noise canceling produces audible hiss and not always effective ; Too expensive for the features versus the S630.- SensMe takes awhile to sync and is sometimes inaccurate

After years of insisting on little-used proprietary formats and software, Sony has recently been mending its ways: the company's latest Walkman players have virtually become champions of cross-platform standards (including the Mac), beautiful design